Rather embarrassingly, the New York Red Bulls had to release a statement last week explaining why their recent home games had been played with a foul stench in the nostrils. The club put the smell down to the nearby Keegan Landfill, backing a temporary closure of the waste facility. The landfill isn’t the only thing stinking out Red Bull Arena right now, though.
The Red Bulls have won just one of their last four MLS games played in front of their own fans, with home defeats to the Columbus Crew and the Colorado Rapids particularly damaging. It was during that latter loss that angry chants calling for the firing of Chris Armas as head coach were heard.